Date: Thursday, May 1, 2008
Time: 5:30pm – 6:30pm
Location: Faunce 201
There will be FREE FOOOOOOOOOOOD

This kickoff is to more formally introduce social entrepreneurship on Brown’s campus and the exciting mysteries in the works for next year, the agenda is:

1. Introduction to SE on campus by Alan Harlem, Director of Social Entrepreneurship

2. Quick session on skill building, key resources to encourage SE @ Brown you should be taking advantage of (fellowships, grants, mentoring & more)

3. Brief presentations by our very own rockstar student entrepreneurs

4. Presentation by Brown GISP that has been designing a network of social entrepreneurship alumni

5. Brown Social Enterprise Club

****FREE Antonio’s PIZZA & Meeting Street COOKIES*****

Come. Bring friends.

New York Times Magazine’s environmental issue. Includes profiles, steps to conserve, and cool ideas!

Check it out here!

We are planning an awesome get together for Brown students and faculty on  Monday, April 7 (food and great company included). Would you like to help us plan it? E-mail us at brownsec@gmail.com.

We will  be having a meeting this week THURSDAY, 8PM, WILSON 104.

We will discuss:
-Harvard Business School’s social enterprise conference: getting money to subsidize the cost
-Working w/ local social enterprises, and potential opportunities
-Bringing Rhode Island entrepreneurs to Brown
-Job and internship opportunities

If you cannot make it, please e-mail brownsec@gmail.com if you’re interested in being involved in or attending:
-HBS Conference
-Local social entrepreneurship intiative
-Career Week
-Working with the Career Development Center
-Working with Alumni Relations
-Working with the Swearer Center
-Working with $$$
-Working with logistics
-any questions/concerns/comments/whatever

Announcements
I. New Philanthropy Course at Brown

Opportunities
I. City Hall’s Civic Leadership Development Program
II. MATCH Corps Urban Education Fellowship in Boston, MA

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Announcements
I. Philanthropy Course
Investing in Social Change: The Practice of Philanthropy
Sociology 1870, Section A, “K” hour, Spring 2008

Co-taught by Prof. Ann Dill, of Sociology,
and Roger Nozaki, Director of the Swearer Center

Philanthropy – “giving away money” – sounds attractive and simple. But the very acts of contributing and receiving resources affect dynamics and relationships among all involved, and philanthropic strategies often require trade-offs between competing goals. To address complex social issues and facilitate sustainable impact, one must bring a solid
understanding of the specific field of interest and its local context, skills in relationship-building with a range of stakeholders, and knowledge of evaluation methods. This course will start with an overview of philanthropy and social change, and the concepts and practice of financial investments for social change; then engage students in teams to investigate a particular community concern, design an investment strategy, recommend the investment of grant dollars, and set up the means to evaluate the outcomes of that investment.

Course participation is by application only. Students should attend the first class meeting on Thursday, 1/24, and submit the course application (available at http:/swearercenter.brown.edu) by email to the course instructors no later than 5 pm Sunday, 1/27/08. Students will be notified of their acceptance into the class by the evening of Monday, 1/28/08.

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Opportunities
I. Civic Leadership Development Program
City Hall Fellows spend the year after college in a prestigious, paid, full-time position within city government and also participate in our proprietary Civic Leadership Development Program. In 2008-2009, Fellows will be placed in Houston, Texas and San Francisco, California. The program was designed with the full support of Houston Mayor Bill White and the office of San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom.

We’ve got two fantastic cities to work in, an amazing staff, and a wonderful civic leadership development program curriculum. Now we just need Fellows! We are looking for applicants who can demonstrate:
■ Academic excellence;
■ Leadership potential;
■ Dedication to contributing to society, and
■ An entrepreneurial spirit appropriate for participating in the very first year of an exciting new program.

In addition, preference will be given to applicants who have a demonstrated connection to either Houston or San Francisco. More information and application materials and instructions are available on our website: www.cityhallfellows.org. Applications are due February 29, 2008.

II. MATCH Corps Urban Education Fellowship in Boston, MA
The MATCH Corps is a one-year Urban Education fellowship program. It is possibly the most competitive such program in the nation, more competitive than admission to the Harvard Graduate School of Education or Teach for America.

Each Corps member is assigned five urban high school students – one each in grades 9, 10, 11, and 12 – to build an in-depth relationship for the entire year, and work towards clear goals, in their various classes and on key exams.

The MATCH school employs 42 recent college graduates to live in the school in a dorm-style residence on the top floor. For one academic year they meet with 5 students, paired with them at the beginning of the year, and tutor them every day 1-on-1 in their classroom subjects. Our student body is almost entirely African American and Latino, and our school mission is to erase the racial achievement gap that afflicts so many urban high schools in our country. Because of the Corps and our tireless staff our student body is very high achieving–our largely poor, minority student body recently ranked #1 in the state in the MCAS math proficiency test among state 10th graders, and last week US News & World Report ranked MATCH among the top-100 public high schools in the
country!

Visit http://www.matchschool.org/ for more information